Big Data & Machine Learning Cloud OnBoard 1 2 1 Gather training data and select input features 3 2 Input features 5 3 6 5 1 7 6 Gather 8 Data 7 9 8 10 9 11 10 12 11 13 12 14 13 15 14 16 15 discard target 1716 Neural network imageby Dake, Mysid [CC BY 1.0], via Wikimedia Commons 17 18 Big Data & Machine Learning Cloud OnBoard 1 2 1 All input features need to be numeric 3 2 5 3 Use as-is One-hot encoding 6 5 1 7 6 Gather 8 Data 7 9 8 10 9 11 10 12 11 13 12 14 13 15 14 16 15 1716 Neural network imageby Dake, Mysid [CC BY 1.0], via Wikimedia Commons 17 18 53